Range Of Barns And Farm Buildings About 25 Metres South East Of Claverham Court Farmhouse

YATTON C.P. LOWER CLAVERHAM ST 46 NW 5/170 Range of barns and farm buildings about 25 metres south east of Claverham Court Farmhouse G.V. II

Barn with attached shelter shed and stable. Barn possibly of C15/C16 origin, stable probably C17 with later additions and alterations. Limestone rubble, barn has pantiled roof with raised coped verges to right gable end, C20 alterations in blockwork to rear of stable, otherwise same materials, U-plan forming farm yard, barn has stable wing to front left and shelter sheds to front right. Barn has central cart entry with weathered buttress to right, lean-to with door to left and door to right; rear of barn has projecting cart entry with hipped roof and large limestone quoins, weathered buttress to left and timber lintel remaining from former opening, lean-to set in angle with stable block to right, has small opening with timber lintel; attached to right, C20 lean-to in blockwork, replacing former rear bays of stable. Right return of barn shows line of roof raising, C20 lean-to; left return of barn also has line of former stable at gable end. Stable attached to front left has roof extended over lean-to to each side, gable end has window opening and door, both with timber lintel, small addition attached to inner side. Single storey shelter shed attached to front right has 3 bays open to left, 2 doors and 2-light casement to right on inner side, blank gable end, 2-light C20 window and door on outer side. Interior of barn has 6-bay roof, principal rafters, collars, 2 rows of purlins, roof level raised above trusses, some later timbers and one C20 truss, later cart entry with steel lintel in right return gable end. Interior of stable has 2 bays of roof remaining, principal rafters, 2 rows of purlins, ridge purlin and plated yoke. Claverham Court Farmhouse (q.v.) was the court house for one of the four tithings of Yatton, Claverham, Wick, Cleeve and Yatton; main barn range probably originally tithe barn. (Sources: Collinson, J. : History and Antiquities of The County of Somerset vol. III 1791).

Listing NGR: ST4442367172